Order of battle for the Balaclava campaign
# Order of battle for the Balaclava campaign

This is the complete order of battle of opposing forces at the Battle of Balaclava.

## Allied Army

The Allied Army consisted of British and French troops as well as Turkish formations under British command.

### British Army

* Headquarters - General Lord Raglan
   * Lieutenant-General on staff - Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne
   * Quartermaster-General - Brigadier-General Richard Airey
   * Adjutant-General - Brigadier-General James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt
   * Commander, Royal Artillery - Brigadier-General Thomas Fox-Strangways
   * Commander, Royal Engineers - Captain John William Gordon
* Cavalry Division - under Lieutenant-General George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan with a total force of 1,500 sabres and 6 field guns.
   * Heavy Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier-General James Scarlett
      * 4th Dragoon Guards - Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Hodge
      * 5th Dragoon Guards - Captain Adolphus Burton
      * 1st Dragoons - Lieutenant-Colonel John Yorke
      * 2nd Dragoons - Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Griffith
      * 6th Dragoons - Lieutenant-Colonel Henry White
   * Light Cavalry Brigade - Major-General James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
      * 4th Light Dragoons - Brevet Colonel Lord George Paget
      * 8th Hussars - Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Shewell
      * 11th Hussars - Lieutenant-Colonel John Douglas
      * 13th Light Dragoons - Captain John Oldham
      * 17th Lancers - Captain William Morris
   * Royal Horse Artillery
      * I Troop - Captain George Maude
* 1st Division - Lieutenant-General Prince George, Duke of Cambridge with 4,000 men.
   * 1st Guards Brigade - Major-General Henry Bentinck
      * 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards - Brevet Colonel Edward Birch Reynardson
      * 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards - Brevet Colonel George Upton
      * 1st Battalion Scots Fusiliers Guards - Brevet Colonel Edward Forestier-Walker
   * 2nd Highland Brigade - Brevet Colonel Duncan Cameron
      * 42nd Highlanders - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Tulloch
      * 79th Highlanders - Lieutenant-Colonel John Douglas
   * Royal Artillery - Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Dacres
      * A Field Battery (2nd Company, 8th Battalion) - Captain David Paynter
      * H Field Battery (5th Company, 11th Battalion) - Captain Edward Wodehouse
* 4th Division - Lieutenant-General Sir George Cathcart with 5,000 men.
   * 1st Brigade - Brigadier-General Thomas Goldie
      * 20th Foot - Brevet Colonel Frederick Horn
      * 21st Foot - Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Ainslie
      * 57th Foot - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Powell
   * 2nd Brigade - Brigadier-General Arthur Torrens
      * 2 companies, 46th Foot - Captain William Hardy
      * 63rd Foot - Lieutenant-Colonel Exham Swyny
      * 68th Foot - Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Smyth
      * 1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Horsford
   * Royal Artillery - Lieutenant-Colonel David Wood
      * P Field Battery (4th Company, 12th Battalion) - Brevet Major Samuel Townsend
* Balaclava defences - Major-General Sir Colin Campbell with 4,000 men and 35 naval and field guns.
   * 93rd Highlanders - Lieutenant-Colonel William Ainslie
   * Battalion of Detachments - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Burton Daveney
   * Royal Marine Brigade - Acting Colonel Thomas Hurdle
      * 1st Composite Battalion, Royal Marines - Captain William Hopkins
      * 2nd Composite Battalion, Royal Marines - Captain Richard Meheux
   * Artillery
      * 5 batteries, Royal Marine Artillery - Captain George Alexander
      * W Field Battery (1st Company, 11th Battalion) - Captain George Barker
   * Attached Turkish Army forces - Lewa Rustem Pasha
      * 8 infantry battalions and artillery

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### French Army

Commanded by General François Certain Canrobert.

* 1re Brigade de Cavalerie - General d'Allonville with 1,500 sabres.
   * 1er régiment de chasseurs d'Afrique [fr]
   * 4e régiment de chasseurs d'Afrique [fr]
* Corps d'Observation - General Pierre Bosquet
   * 1re Brigade d'Infanterie - General Charles-Marie-Esprit Espinasse
      * 7e régiment d'infanterie de ligne [fr]
      * 1er régiment de zouaves [fr]
      * 4e bataillon de chasseurs à pied [fr]
   * 2e Brigade d'Infanterie - General Joseph Vinoy with 4,000 men.
      * 20e régiment d'infanterie de ligne [fr]
      * 27e régiment d'infanterie de ligne [fr]
      * 9e bataillon de chasseurs à pied [fr]

## Russian Army

Commanded by Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov with a total of 25,000 men and 78 guns.

* Cavalry - Lt. Gen. I.I. Ryzhov with 3,000 sabres and 16 guns.
   * Kiev Regiment
   * Ingermanland Regiment
   * (No.)1 Ural Cossacks
* North Column - Col. A.P. Skiuderi with 4,000 men and 12 guns.
   * Odessa Regiment
   * (No.)53 Don Cossacks
   * (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
* Left Center Column - Maj. Gen. K.R. Semiakin with 5,000 men and 10 guns.
   * Azov Regiment
   * Dnieper Regiment
   * (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
* Right Center Column - Maj. Gen. F.G. Levutski with 3,000 men and 8 guns.
   * Ukraine Regiment
* South Column - Maj. Gen. S.I. Gribbe with 3,000 men and 10 guns
   * Dnieper Regiment
   * Composite Uhlan Regiment
   * Ingermanland Regiment
   * (No.)60 Don Cossacks
* Forward Reserves - Maj. Gen. O.P. Zhaboritski with 5,000 men and 10 guns.
   * Vladimir Regiment
   * Susdal Regiment
   * (No.)6 Rifle Battalion
   * Ingermanland Regiment (two squadrons)
   * (No.)60 Don Cossacks (two sotnias)
* Reserves - total of 2,000 men and 12 guns.
   * Ukraine Regiment (1 squadron)
   * (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
   * Composite Uhlan Regiment

## Citations

* ↑ McGuigan (2001), pp. 17–21.
